Dropdown background for transparent styles always white?

[Former Community Member]

Hi There,

Say I've got a PDF, with a Dark background, which is a gradient.

I'd like to have a dropdown which is:

- a Sunken box

- White font colour (so it can be seen against the dark background)

- Transparent background (so you can see the gradient)

I'm finding that the default background for transparent fields is always "White"... This means when I click to dropdown the list, I can't read my text

Example below:

https://acrobat.com/#d=Ei0bPL15ZsceM7Cy1EayMw

Is there a way to design around this?

Thanks

[Debadas]

Hello,

You can do the following changes in the dropdownlist object to satisfy your requirements i.e.

for a Sunken box :

you can select the  Object palette > field > Appreance > Choose Sunken Box

White font colour :

for white font color first you select the text then right click on that then select the Font option then a font palette will appear

from that you can change the font color.

Transparent background :

for this select Border palette > Background Fill > style > select solid then choose the color according to your requirement.

Thanks,

Debadas.

[Former Community Member]

Thanks .. I know I can do it all individually.

But check my example ... the background when you dropdown is white, with white text.  This makes it pretty hard to see what you are trying to select.

Any ideas?

[Debadas]

Hello,

I saw this example, actually what do you want to do with the background and font color.

Thanks,

Debadas

[Former Community Member]

Hi,

Have a look at this image of my PDF:

https://acrobat.com/#d=kOPAkYjFE9F3b8EmzKscTg

There are two dropdowns:

The first has Transparent background with white text, but the background to the list is white when it drops down.  You cannot read the options

The second has a black background ... as you can see, it looks poor against the gradient background..

Thoughts?